By Enea Luciano

1. Hardware

2. What I have used
• Canon Powershot SX220 HS
• Apple Mac Desktop
• Puremedia SD Card 4GB
• Torches
• iPhones
• HP Laptop
• Webcam on HP laptop
• Inkjet Laser Printer
• Sandisk 16GB USB

3. Canon Powershot SX220
HS
• Although my college's media
department have cameras to hire
out, I chose to use my own as I
didn't like the idea of having to wait
until one became free. Also it
makes everyone else hiring them
out a lot more relaxed.
• The camera I Have used is the
Canon Powershot SX220 HS

4. The Specifics on the camera
Product
Type
Digital
Camera –
compact
Sensor
Reduction
12.1
Megapixel
s
Optical
Sensor
Type
CMOS
Total
Pixels
12,800,00
0 Pixels
Effective
sensor
reduction
12,100,00
0 pixels
Digital
video
format
H.264,
MOVE,
iFrame
Max video
resolution
1920 x
1080
I used this camera for my filming, although the sound
quality isn't great as can be told from my raw footage.
The footage I managed to get was of a high quality.
There were issues with the camera as it wasn’t
compatible with the college’s tripods, however I managed
to conduct my video without the use of one.
The issues I had with this camera is the difficulty of the
battery life, I had to charge my camera mid way through
my filming when it was fully charged before hand.This
became problematic and slowed down the process for me
and my actors. If I were to this again with this camera I
would definitely buy a spare battery pack, and therefore
when one battery died I would have another handy in
order to simply replace it and continue to film.
On the other hand I found it to be a very reliable camera
and the fact that I was able to use it whenever I felt like it
unlike with the college provided cameras, which I would

5. Due to my training on the
Mac’s from last year I was able
to be rather efficient on the
college suite Mac’s. This
training allowed me to be able
to understand how to do
certain things on the keyboard,
even the basics as copying and
pasting.
Problems
Because I do not own and
have never been on a desktop
Mac or even a MacBook I
found the different settings
rather confusing. Although I
only used the Mac in order to
edit my video I found
navigating around the Mac
system to be rather time
consuming. In particular, I
found the mouse very
Apple Mac Desktop

6. Good points
My progress with the Mac’s developed and I was then able to
navigate around the Mac’s rather smoothly after around a week
of using it. This enabled me to take full use of the Mac’s and I
was then able to explore more advanced methods of editing on
final cut prod because I understood how the actual hardware
worked. Therefore this is a vital component in my Advanced
Portfolio and my finished products.
Problems
There were issues to do with the college supply of Mac’s, this
meant that my data was unable to be transported onto another,
therefore restricting me to only one Mac, this only proved to be
a problem when my Mac was in use by other person.

7. Puremedia SD Card 4GB
This is what my SD card is, this was used to store my video clips
before the editing process. I would put this card into my camera
and then simply record my footage.
Good Points
I found it very easy to use, especially since it was compatible
with the Macs. This therefore meant the transition between my
SD card and the Mac desktop was very smooth.
Problems
The SD card was very reliable and managed to go without a
problem. The only issue I faced was with the memory amount of
storage I could have as 4GB’s of data didn’t last for a lot of the
filming, I therefore had to either import the clips onto my laptop
mid way through the filming of the night, or I would have an
extra one on standby when this became a regular occurrence.
What I would do differently
If I were to do this differently I would definitely consider getting
either a larger SD card or getting multiple SD cards in order to
be able to switch them without disrupting the recording and
therefore wasting precious filming hours.

8. Torches
Good points
I found using the torch extremely easy, whether it was for the strobe effect or just for lighting the faces I found it very
simply to use as there was simply an on and off button which controlled it. It also gave a very good aesthetic when working
with the camera, this was because it was the only source of light. I also found that the battery life was very good, although I
bought extra batteries (also on my budget and expenses post) I did not need to use them, which made my filming a lot
more smoother.
Problems
Although it was very compact and small therefore easy to move, the issues where when I was filming, I was unable to give a
certain light effect due to the fact that I had the camera in my other hand. Therefore it was essential to have another
person help me with the lighting as opposed to me doing it all myself. Also, because it is so small in comparison to the other
lighting I could of used (around 5 inches long) the torch seemed to go missing whenever I put it down, therefore I had to
search for ages in order to recover it (although this could be down to my high levels of disorganisation). It also proved to be
a restraint on my filming because of the size of the torch this meant it gave a slight spotlight effect, which was great when I
was doing close-up’s however, when I needed a long shot this torch simply wanted enough and created problems for me
whereby I had to scrap footage because of this. A significant shot (Smashing the TV) was put into jeopardy due to this
lighting and lack of instruction on my part.
What would I do differently
I would certainly need to have a more powerful source which was bigger to enable me to get a different amount of shots at
different distances away. Although I would continue to use this, I wouldn’t use it for long shots or medium shots.
When filming my music video I had to find a
source of lighting. This was because of the type
of light that I wanted (as previously explained in
my planning an research). I wanted a variety of
different effects, so therefore I started to use a
very small but powerful torch. Although I do not
know the name of the torch brand I can say
that the quality of the white light is very bright
and exactly what I wanted.

9. What Would I do Differently?
I would ensure I have an emergency
battery pack for my phone, (you can
by them on Amazon). This would
allow me to continue to use my
phone throughout a 3 hour long
shoot.
I would also place less emphasis on
them by using a professional light as
opposed to using iPhone torches,
although they are good, I simply
didn’t have enough hands to hold
them all which became very
frustrating.
On many occasions I used my phone,
this was mainly for the light when the
torches weren’t very good (long shots
and extreme close ups). They tended
to provide me with less focused light
which balanced out the spotlight
effect that the torch gave me. I also
used it for the music when I was
filming, this enabled me to get the lip
syncing very accurate because when I
was filming I had the music on for the
actors to lip sync to. This gave me very
solid footage and made it much easier
and professionally looking video at
the end.
Advantages
It was handheld so the ease of
holding it was very good. It also gave
off a lot of light. Especially when I
used all four iPhones (Mine, Liams,
Nazarenas and Mollies) in order to
film a shot. This gave me a good block
of light and helped with filming to
make the footage less grainy.
Problems
Because I was constantly playing
music on my phone the battery went
very quickly, and as we were outside
this became rather annoying. When I
had 4 different phones in my hand I
couldn’t hold the camera as well so I
had to make sure I always had
another two people behind the
scenes holding light up for me.
iPhone 6

10. You may have noticed that I didn’t use a
tripod?
This is because I felt as though the indie genre is best reflected by
the amateur nature of the genre, I decided to film all of it handheld,
this enabled me to explain and stay in line with conventions of my
genre as many other videos have shown (Lana Del Rey’s – Video
Games/ Born to Die) I also felt that because I am not doing shots
which need to be stationary at all times I would not need one as I
looked at in my storyboard.

11. Conclusion
As I have already explained the pros and cons and what I would do
differently throughout this presentation, I feel as though if I were to
do it all again as a whole I would rather have a group of people as
opposed to just myself. I feel as though professional lighting is much
better than me trying to film without it, and although my end product
is of a good standard and looks professional it would of made the
filming of it much more easy and less pressure on myself to direct and
film and light the actors.